My Political Profile: Nonconformist!

With all the screaming and fighting going on between the Conservative talking-heads, since John McCain has jumped way into the lead for the Republican nomination, I’m beginning to wonder if so-called Conservatives are really conservative or if they really understand what a Conservative is. Or, for that matter if I’m a conservative, a liberal or something else.

Searching for that answer, I took the “How Liberal or Conservative Are You” quiz at Blog Things and here’s what it told me:

***Your Political Profile:***

Overall: 70% Conservative, 30% Liberal

Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

Well I guess no one’s perfect but ethically, as you can see, I’m more of a liberal than a conservative and I’ll tell you exactly why that is. On the abortion question I am pro-choice and on the gay marriage issue, I’m for it! Does that make me an immoral person? Perhaps! But it also makes me a person who understands that neither the government or any other institution has the right to step in and negate any person’s personal choices. Unfortunately, today’s Conservatives think that interference in a person’s choices is perfectly OK — and here’s the rational: Its because they feel that their morals are right and your morals are wrong — unless, that is, your morals match theirs.

So what does that actually makes me? Perhaps a Libertarian?

The core Libertarian belief is that individuals have the right to conduct their lives in any way they choose as long they do not interfere with another person’s rights or property. Government, under the Libertarian belief system, should be limited to National defense and settling disputes between jurisdictions; everything else should be privatized.

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About Harvey

Welcome to My View
Yes, as I see it, I'm in the Center. Quasi-Conservative, quasi-Libertarian and, for flavor, add some Randian also. No I'm not confused! I'm just an independent soul with a mind of my own.
If you gather from my posts that I'm anti-religion you are mistaken; some religions are very beneficial and some are (to my way of thinking) uncivilized. I am a secularist as was James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine. I assert the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and the right to freedom from governmental imposition of religion upon the people within a state -- and yes, unlike some other things that people call "rights," these are actual rights supported by the Constitution.

I guess its because most people have a need to belong somewhere — they long for the comfort and security of a group (and the label that goes with it) and, in order to get that security, they accept and defend the attitudes and opinions of that group.

I have taken many different political tests, and the results are different depending on the test. On one test, I am a libertarian, on another test,I am a democrat,centrist,etc.I am wondering if these “tests” are biased in some way, or if I don’t really know where I stand on some issues.